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“Catastrophic harm” is a phrase you came up with. It’s fair to phrase accessibility concerns in terms of harm, because being denied access to something other pe
by tobr 5y ago
“Catastrophic harm” is a phrase you came up with. It’s fair to phrase accessibility concerns in terms of harm, because being denied access to something other people can use is a type of harm. “Catastrophic” is very common hyperbole for something you think is highly unfortunate.
- ry4nolson 5y agofirst paragraph of the article: >These are catastrophic design failures for the new UX, and directly harms both end-users due to eye-strain, and directly harms visually impaired individuals due to lack of visual clarity. It makes the app less accessible, and is not only visually displeasing, but actively ableist in nature.
- tobr 5y agoYes, what are we supposed to take from this quote as a reply in this context?
- dataduck 5y ago> Speaking of 0 evidence, I’d like to stick a [citation needed] on this: > being denied access to something other people can use is a type of harm
- tobr 5y agoWhat do you want a citation for? That being prevented from being an equal participant in society is negative?